October 9, 2020

 

We are finishing our study of the life cycle of the butterfly. They have all become butterflies! We had 14 in all- 10 females and 4 males. They are now on their way to Mexico!  We have learned so much about the caterpillar life cycle!

Books Read: Big, Red Apple and The Apple Pie Tree

Animated Alphabet is our approach to phonemic awareness and spelling. The letters are taught through a multi sensory approach of music, dance, characters and signs which help the students hold onto that information. The characters we learned this week were; Ollie Ostrich and Mimi Mermaid

In math we are getting to know numbers 0-10, sorting, discussing a graph, using math manipulatives, 10 frames,  finger counting, working with shapes and continuing our calendar routines. 

We began a letter of the day series this week and we have completed A and B! You might see headbands coming home with a picture that represents that letter and sound we are working on for the day. Also, books and handwriting worksheets. We will continue 1 letter every time we are together until we get to Z~

We are learning about the Woolwich Way! The Woolwich Way is made up of 6 qualities that will help us to be the best we can be! (Courtesy- I can use good manners, Compassion-I can help others, Respect- I can treat others kindly, Honesty-I can tell the truth, Responsibility- I can take care of myself and my stuff, Quality- I can do my best even when things are hard)

Upcoming Events: 

October 12- NO SCHOOL- Columbus Day

Link to WCS Newsletter:

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Have a wonderful long weekend! 

Sarah

October 2, 2020

 

Dear Families,

In science we continue to learn about the life cycle of the butterfly. We currently have zero caterpillars still munching and we have released 9 with 4 remaining in chrysalis as of this afternoon. Most of them have been girls which is unusual in comparison to the last few years where we had no females at all.  Hopefully the rest will become butterflies soon so we can release them for their flight to Mexico before the cold weather sets in! We have learned so much about the caterpillar life cycle! We also began learning about apples and their life cycle.

We are also working through our Go2Science mission to Wyoming and are in search of evidence for our hypothesis: Is there evidence in the Big Horn Basin of Wyoming to support that Deinonychus lived there? We have learned so much about rocks and fossils and today we saw some scorpions!

Books: Mr. Brown's Magnificent Apple Tree (whose apple tree was it, anyway?) and Gotta Go! Gotta Go! (a book about a little caterpillar and her journey)

Animated Alphabet is our approach to phonemic awareness and spelling. The letters are taught through a multi sensory approach of music, dance, characters and signs which help the students hold onto that information. The character we learned about this week was Ollie Ostrich. We also did our first "magic draw" of a "pup". 

In math we are getting to know numbers 0-10, sorting, discussing a graph, using math manipulatives, using 5 frames, practicing with quick looks at collections of dots, finger counting, working with shapes and continuing our calendar routines.  

We are still learning about the Woolwich Way! The Woolwich Way is made up of 6 qualities that will help us to be the best we can be! (Courtesy- I can use good manners, Compassion-I can help others, Respect- I can treat others kindly, Honesty-I can tell the truth, Responsibility- I can take care of myself and my stuff, Quality- I can do my best even when things are hard)

Link to WCS newsletter: 

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1tpGcM8PQZCtpOnD-fGNphxVqPh1Kk3a0swyJSQnPPKM/edit